What is the legal status regarding the dissolution of marriage when one spouse purchases the other who is also a *mukatab*?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Mukātaba (Contractual Manumission)

Book 68 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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When one spouse purchases the other who is also contracted for manumission, the marriage contract is dissolved. This is because, upon purchase, the purchasing spouse becomes a legal stranger (*ajnabi*) to the purchased spouse, allowing for the disposition of the purchased party.